Site of day: Whitehaven Beach, Astralia

Whitehaven Beach

Located

Whitehaven Beach its located in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef, Whitehaven Beach is one of the World's most unspoiled and beautiful beaches. In 2013, it was named the number one beach in Australia by the TripAdvisor Travellers Choice Beaches Awards. Whit its warm, turquoise-hued water and soft, impeccably white sand, Whitehaven Beach is simply heaven on earth.

Whitehaven Beach

Whitehaven Beach is a 7 km stretch along Whitesunday Island, Australia. The island is accessible by boat from the mainland tourist ports of Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour, as well as Hamilton Island. The Whitehaven Beach Ocean Swim is a 2 km open swimming competition held on the Beach in November each year as part of the Hamilton Island Triathlon Event,

The Kakadu National Park, an archaeological and ethnological site.

The Kakadu National Park

Is a protected area, located within the Alligator Rivers Region of  the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km southeast of Darwin.  It covers an area of 19,804 km² (7,646 mi²), extending nearly 200 km from north to south and over 100 km from east to west. It is a unique example of a complex of ecosystems, including tidal flats, floodplains, lowlands and plateaux, and provides a habitat for a wide range of rare or endemic species of plants and animals.

This unique archaeological and ethnological reserve, has been inhabited continuously for more than 40,000 years. The cave, paintings, rock carvings and archaeological sites record the skills and way of life of the region´s inhabitants, from hunter-gatherers of prehistoric times to the Aboriginal people still living there.